Category: T

a Latin phrase that is given to a trustee who acts wrongly in the administration of his duties and is held liable.

These are the things that are immovable and fixed such as buildings and land.

a person who possesses land or buildings for his life and for the life of his heirs.

the transfer of a case from a state court to the federal courts.

See Amendments to the Constitution.

1. A person not connected to a contract but may be affected by its outcome. 2. A person other than the defendant and the plaintiff that is brought into a case.

the lien or the mortgage that is used to secure the purchase price of a property.

the qualified and denial of charges that is accompanied with additional facts that tend to prove the charges wrong.

a situation where a few people all share the costs of a property and is entitled to use it a certain time.

the term that means having had a trial heard by a court.

a person who possesses property in his own right and is the opposite of a joint tenant. See tenant, sole.

the name given to the land and water that has a state has a jurisdiction over.

1. this is a court order asking a bankrupt person turn over his property and assets to the trustee. 2. the court order given to the defendant who has lost his case.

See fee tail.

This term is applied to the blanket denial that covers all charges.

the term that is given to a major and a comprehensive book that is a on a particular subject.

This involve re-trying the same issues in the same court but with another jury after the verdict has been handed down due to new facts.

the verdict where each juror has duly considered the case and come to their own conclusion without any persuasion or outside influences.

a term for the illegal attempt to get a confession from a suspected criminal.

a person who chnages his sex with an operation.